Pay-as-you-enter car.



D. A. L. MGDONALD.'

PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1910.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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sriirns arnn'r ori :DUNCAN A. L. MCDONALD, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA,ASSIGNOR 'ICQ THE PAY- .ASYOU-ENTER-GAR CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,A CORPOEATIGN 0F NEW causer. A

PAY-AS-YOUENTER CAB..

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 11112.

Application filed September 27, 1910. Serial No. 583,986.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, DUNCAN A. L. Mo- DONALD, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominionof Canada, (and Whose post-ollice address is care of Montreal StreetRailway Company, Montreal, Canada) have invented a new and usefullmpri'iveinent in Pay-as-You-Enter Cars, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of niy invention is to provide a ear ot' this class whichWill register automatically the number oi passengers entering' thesaine, so that an automatic account will be kept or' all partiesentering the car. This object is accomplished by my invention, oneembodiment of which is hereinafter set forth.

For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to behad to the aocoinpaiiying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view, partially in section, of a portion of a carprovided with iny improven'ient, the section being' taken on the line1--1 of Fig. 2 looking in tbe direction of the arrows. Fig. 2 is asectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 2, looking in the directionof the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

1 is a car of the pay-as-you-enter-typc with `the ordinary largeplatform 9., a rail 3 which separates the incoming from the outgoingpassengers, an entrance door designated by the numeral 4 and shown indotted lines, and an exit door indicated by the numeral 5.

The end partition 6 is cut away to receive a spindle 7 en which ismounted a hub 8 from which extends the vertically disposed 9 which actas gear teeth for a. purbigm i pose that will be described below, asWell a revolving door to prevent air drafts When the ear is used in coldWeather. The vertically iosed blades 9 have their outer ends nearsuitable guards 1G and 11 placed on the exterior and interior of thecar, respectively, and secured to the par tion The spindle is extendedupivar liy and is connected with a suitaoie 'register the conventional type and in the usual manner, so that. a fare is recorded for each :l ofa revolution of the spindle 7.

Near each spindle 7 and parallel therewith is a second spindle 12mounted in a suitable fixed support 13 to which is faxed a helical cam14C, which is arranged and shaped substantially 'as shown and terminatesabruptly, as indicated in Fig. 3. The top or" the spindle 1 2 isprovided with a hub 15 in which are pivotally mounted a number of spokes16 by means of pins 17, the ends of the spokes 16 resting in suitablerecesses in the hub The spokes .16, hub 15, spindle 12, support 13, andcam la are so arranged and disposed. that as the spindle 12 is revolved,each spoke 16 is held in a horizontal position for about one quarter otthe rotation of the spindle, so that these spokes and the partsconnected therewith form a turnstile which can be revolved in onedirection only, and with the horizontally disposed spokes across thepath of a passenger and the vertically disposed spokes adapted to engagethe varies 9 and drive the same and at the saine time torni asubstantially air-tight-joint to prevent' drafts entering the ear inwinter around the vanos 9 or near to them.

lt is obvious that, il" desired, the support` ll may be provided withsuitable projections 18 which will not interfere With the cam 11i orWith the movement of the movable parts and ivill prevent air litronieiitering the car, to any material extent, adjacent to the turnstile.

From the foregoing, the operation of my improved device will be readilyunderstood.

assengers enter in the conventional manner and after paying their fares,enter the car, each passenger pushing against a spoke 16 and moving thesame through an angle of substantially 90 degrees. Vihen the pokeagainst which he pushes reaches the end oli' the cam 14:, it falls underthe intlucnce of gravity, toa vertical position when it is out oftherpassengers Way, and is then available at the proper time, to shii'tthe vane 9' with which it impinges. During this shifting operation, thespoke 16 and the vane 9 forni a substantially air tight joint. The door4 passenger by Nw oor, Swings bach' m'rf comes in soac with th next mfmat a paint new; ihe. @am E4., and hem ik@ .001? rests until the nexpassngjesr vshi'f' it, as uhm/'Q escrba.

Whie hrw@ Shown m51 ascybed 035e enfl'raodimen of my nvenog ist obvious#'hzuh 'it is not z'esticte ,'heeto, but bmad imo-ugh to 9mm' .QMsruslules @at some within the scopa of tha annexed. claims.

What Chim vis: l, a, :levies the c imnstle '51m/ing pvffted spokes: andmeans fm? Causing" said 590k@ @is "ha sh'a. im@ a. hoyzonal posion Bringa, pouion Qi' che revouton MME gerl'aiiug @aid sp-@kas to fall into avertical pasgan duf'fw a, poitiom of the evolu-on, a spindle, hub @n sidspindle, 'vans/s caed by said hub m adapted to be moved by saisi spokes.

2, Zin a device. 01C" 'the dass esfeb., a 'turns'ile -Wh p'mte Spokesand a support naar which sa spokes me adafpe t@ move .dm-ing i pfrrton0f hef moyennant, a spindle nar said mnst, a hub im said spinde :andffmne exmgdng lom said hub :md adapted to engage isai Spokes; during'pm-tion of their msvemenij ,So as t@ m'm a,

substantially alktgh goin?, thmawth and' gua'ds adjacut 'to miles., sothat when th@ turnstle is. um, in me and the, adjacent dom islosed., ai?cumnts Wl not he per mzted to adjacent theem Signed ai 'he @ity day01.15 August5 l.

S. DESJARMNS,

